Madya Pradesh, six year old girl raped and blinded

by Nirmala Carvalho

The incident occurred in the village of Damoh. According to the police, the girl suffered deep eye injuries so that she could not recognize her assailant. Felix Machado: "A shameful act"

Mumbai (AsiaNews) - "An act of brutal and unforgivable violence, it brings shame to humanity": This is how Msgr. Felix Machado, secretary general of the Conference of Indian Bishops (CBCI) defines what happened on 22 April in a village in the district of Damoh (Madya Pradesh), where a six-year-old girl was raped and even blinded by her assailant .

According to local media reports, the girl was raped and blinded in a savage attack near her home. She was taken out of the house, where she was playing with some friends and after being raped, she suffered serious eye injuries. According to the police, this second violence must have served to deprive her of the possibility of recognizing her assailant. The little girl is now in hospital in serious condition. The little girl had been found yesterday morning in an abandoned house in her village, with her wrists tied. A police vehicle accompanied the girl and her family to the hospital in Jabalpur, where they will have to treat her for many injuries to her entire body.

"She was raped and has serious eye injuries,"said police officer Hemant Singh Chauhan. A reward of 10 thousand rupees was placed for those who report the attacker. An accused was arrested last night.

Msgr. Machado notes" It is stiking that this violence occurs at a time when the world is terrified of the pandemic, with the population forced to stay indoors. This makes this crime even more shameful. This is most intolerable and brings great shame on us. Where is humanity going, where are we heading?"